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Dead Space, released in October 2008 – which is a lifetime ago in the video-game world, was widely acclaimed and seen as moving the survival horror genre forward in a new direction while the Resident Evil franchise had lost its way. Unleashed to almost unanimous praise in early 2011, the sequel, Dead space 2 was widely seen as Aliens to the first game’s Alien, a more action orientated and bombastic iteration, but still retaining the horror and thrills of the establishing chapter.

The third game in the series, the surprisingly named Dead Space 3, has been receiving some negative buzz, centered perhaps a little unfairly on the increased focus on action-based thrills and spills, a bright, less claustrophobic setting, and the inclusion of drop in, drop out co-op. Is Dead Space 3 in danger of being studio-hijacked and muddled à la Alien 3?

If you wish to either confirm or recant your anticipation or misgivings, the demo is available on January 15th on XBLA and PlayStation Network for PS-plus subscribers, and a week later for non-PS-plus subscribers on January 22nd

Exclusively for Xbox 360 players, if you want to gain access to the demo a week early on the 7th (that next Monday folks!) then the ability to do so is available via signing up on http://demo.deadspace.com. There is limited availability and an origin account is required.

Dead space 3 is due for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on February 3rd 2013.

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